24 December 2011

13 December 2011

I have been working on a book! Impact Books will be publishing "FaeMaker: Making Fantasy Characters with Polymer Clay" in 2012. Faemaker includes step-by-step instructions to make a variety of fantasy characters; also includes stories, poems and a gallery of my work.

21 October 2011

Learn to make this Halloween oddfae! Carabassa (her given name) is a great project to help hang on to that Halloween spirit just a little longer. Sign up on Doll Street and join in the fun! Click here for more details...

19 August 2011

Finally getting around to posting a pic from ComicCon — showing off our groovy tshirts!

ArtFire has a new widget allowing one to purchase from an Artfire shop without joining the site. It took a few minutes to figure out, but it's a pretty neat idea, if it works. It's over there on the right-hand side of the blog...

There's new art in my Etsy shop, and I'll be posting even more new stuff later today.

The Steampunk Oddfae class is entering its second week with some really fab dolls being made. The class is self-paced so you can start whenever you like and we've a chatty group...this week's lesson is body-building! Check it out here.

02 August 2011

I'm finally catching up from Comic Con, and Cre has been after me to publish his pic...he had a great time! Everyone loved him, tho' most were convinced he was "Dobby" in disguise. I think he was wandering around at night pickin' up freebies...

He may get a bit of a makeover now we're home. I want to refine his hands, and do some more painting, probably with the airbrush. And he's definitely gonna get new armature on his lower legs! We had a bit of an engineering problem with weak ankles...

18 July 2011

Ordinarily, I'd paint him before clothing, but his hands aren't dry, and I'm still sculpting other pieces for sale. I'm planning to paint him either in the hotel room, or at the booth. I'm thinking people may be interested in the process.

I may change his clothes once we're back from the show, and I will probably put more detail in his hands — I'm doing the simplest fingers possible...more to come!

17 July 2011

15 July 2011

So, five hours and some bad words later, I have thirteen freshly painted masks! And took pix of Cre in his bones:

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to put his shirt on before I sculpt his hands...at least he doesn't have to go in the oven!

Time is growing short, as I want him to be the mascot for the booth at Comic Con. I have to do the hands TONITE if they're to dry in time. It's looking like I'll have to paint him after we get to San Diego!

20 June 2011

It's almost that time again...Comic Con! July 19 - 24 in San Diego CA. We'll be in Booth 4716 this year, under the Fantasy Illustrators banner. Come visit the oddfae and me — I'll be demoing sculpting all weekend, selling character figures and faux faces, and there will be steampunk! Hope to see ya there...=-)

01 June 2011

Cynthia Tinapple was kind enough to feature the Oddfae on Polymer Clay Daily again! This blog is absolutely worth subscribing to...you've never seen so much beautiful art in your life, delivered to your inbox every day!

In other news...I finally made a GREEN Green Man...LOLAvailable on ArtFire and Etsy.

21 May 2011

"Please to bend down to the one called the Green Man, forever to him you're tied..."

The Green Man has struck a deep chord in me since the first time I laid eyes on one.

The Green Man is a foliate "gargoyle" image found on and in churches and temples all over Western Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa. He is probably as old as mankind itself, and is known by many names; Jack-in-the-Green, the Old Man in the Woods, or simply, the Green Man. These carvings and reliefs are variously interpreted as pagan fertility symbols, or representations of resurrection and rebirth.

For me, he is the embodiment of Nature and all outdoors, something very dear to my heart. Making Green Man beads and brooches is like sketching in clay, and lets me indulge in colorwork that I don't use when I make dolls.

04 May 2011

03 May 2011

The last two meetings of Valley Dolls doll club have been a Steampunk Oddfae class...it was big fun, and all the gals were really happy with their finished doll. You can see pix of the heads by clicking here!

I'll be teaching the same class on Doll Street soon, stay tuned here and on my Facebook group, Odd Fae and Autumn Things, for the announcement.

About Me

Author, artist, instructor, yogi.
I've sculpted, made dolls or
drawn as long as I can remember...I'm an artist because I can't imagine being or doing anything else -- but most of all, I do it cos it's BIG FUN!!!